He is much more athletic than Spikes. And he's tough too. We'll just agree to disagree. One more DE in the draft who I was unaware of...Corey Lemonnier. He's right there with Buchanan and Carradine. Great player, excellent potential. Combine will open eyes on him.

You can't just look at college production when the guy learned football 3 years ago. This is just insane. That's the point.

yeah but its pretty hypocritical for guys to put down Margus Hunt when he only learned the game a few years ago, coming from Estonia to throw the discus in the olympics. Yeah he didn't show up in some games, but he did in others, he is just learning the game, yet he gets mocked as being "looks like Tarzan plays like Jane"

"Led the league in high fives and butt-slaps" is probably the greatest scouting comment that I've heard. (in reference to players who are always running over to congratulate teammates because they don't make plays themselves)

He is much more athletic than Spikes. And he's tough too. We'll just agree to disagree. One more DE in the draft who I was unaware of...Corey Lemonnier. He's right there with Buchanan and Carradine. Great player, excellent potential. Combine will open eyes on him.

Buchanan is strictly an 3-4 OLB with his build, no way he can play DE unless it is as a situational pass rusher.

Lemonier has a motor that runs hot and cold and played terribly the later part of the season. Round 3 seems like a very possible destination.

Te'o could definitely slip to round 2, he did not impress at the Combine and the Alabama game exposed his weaknesses against pro type players. ILB's have a tough time getting picked in round 1 anyways, so it seems likely Te'o won't get picked there either.

His production numbers are pretty good for a LE/5-tech. He's improved throughout his career culminating in a dominating performance against Fresno State this year. Is he as violently consistent as I'd like him to be? No. Is his motor as consistent as I'd like it to be? No. Is he too high at times? Sure - but many huge DL have that problem.

As a pure pass rusher he's extremely gifted. He needs to learn how to get his feet and hands working together. There are plenty of plays where he's thisclose and has his hands working but his feet not and vice versa. He can dip and run the arc or rip or overpower. When he puts it all together he's an absolute monster at generating pressure.

My only real concern would be pad level against the run as a 2-gap player in a 3-4. When you get your hands inside on him he can look bad. I think I'd prefer him as a 4-3 left end really.

He's also got 0 instincts in terms of swatting in the passing lane when his initial rush is stalled against certain drops but he's only now starting to get comfortable learning the game. As a coach, I'd look at that as a positive because I know he'll improve there.

I don't know. I watched Fresno, Pitt from '11 and another game on youtube. Maybe those happen to be his best games? He looks like an awesome prospect. He even makes some big plays in those games. His weaknesses are things you can absolutely work on and any good coach would actually EXPECT to improve for a guy who learned the game just four years ago.

And as for his ultimate draft slot - he's going in the first. I'd argue he should and even if you think otherwise and disagree with me about his film, you have to realize that it's a size/speed league and he's got both. I'd be mildly surprised with top 15, shocked with round 2.

His production numbers are pretty good for a LE/5-tech. He's improved throughout his career culminating in a dominating performance against Fresno State this year. Is he as violently consistent as I'd like him to be? No. Is his motor as consistent as I'd like it to be? No. Is he too high at times? Sure - but many huge DL have that problem.

As a pure pass rusher he's extremely gifted. He needs to learn how to get his feet and hands working together. There are plenty of plays where he's thisclose and has his hands working but his feet not and vice versa. He can dip and run the arc or rip or overpower. When he puts it all together he's an absolute monster at generating pressure.

My only real concern would be pad level against the run as a 2-gap player in a 3-4. When you get your hands inside on him he can look bad. I think I'd prefer him as a 4-3 left end really.

He's also got 0 instincts in terms of swatting in the passing lane when his initial rush is stalled against certain drops but he's only now starting to get comfortable learning the game. As a coach, I'd look at that as a positive because I know he'll improve there.

I don't know. I watched Fresno, Pitt from '11 and another game on youtube. Maybe those happen to be his best games? He looks like an awesome prospect. He even makes some big plays in those games. His weaknesses are things you can absolutely work on and any good coach would actually EXPECT to improve for a guy who learned the game just four years ago.

And as for his ultimate draft slot - he's going in the first. I'd argue he should and even if you think otherwise and disagree with me about his film, you have to realize that it's a size/speed league and he's got both. I'd be mildly surprised with top 15, shocked with round 2.

The Senior Bowl. Where despite his size and strength, he was consistently moved around in run blocking. Where despite his size and athleticism, he could rarely manage to beat his blocker, with Scott Wright describing his spin move as being in 'slow-motion'.

He may be less experienced in the game, but he's already 26 and shows little technical promise. He can run fast and lift weights, but so can a lot of guys, and like a lot of guys, he doesn't seem capable of translating his athleticism into production. Simply put, no thanks.

The Senior Bowl. Where despite his size and strength, he was consistently moved around in run blocking. Where despite his size and athleticism, he could rarely manage to beat his blocker, with Scott Wright describing his spin move as being in 'slow-motion'.

He may be less experienced in the game, but he's already 26 and shows little technical promise. He can run fast and lift weights, but so can a lot of guys, and like a lot of guys, he doesn't seem capable of translating his athleticism into production. Simply put, no thanks.

Now wait a minute.

You just based your opinion on Senior Bowl practice reports and whatever you may have seen televised. That's fine. But you can't say "production." That's not accurate. He did produce and perform at SMU.

I did not know it was widely known he struggled that much at the Senior Bowl. I guess that explains some of the comments I've been reading. I never came across any nuggets about him struggling nor did I see any of his reps (if any were televised at all I don't know).

That does make sense though. It's very possible the few televised reps he had were poor and many people on here saw those and have based their opinion maybe even just slightly on that. Or that + reports that he struggled. That would concern me.

However, I think I should point out that:
A) He didn't even try the spin move from what I've watched so perhaps he was "spring training" a new pitch so to speak.

and

B) Daniel Jeremiah did mention not to put too much stock into Sr. Bowl week. He recounted Vincent Jackson dropping everything and someone else who put on a show and then sucked (don't remember who).

The jump in level of competition is a concern if he indeed did badly struggle. I didn't find much from google so I'm going to take my game tape/combine #s and judge from there. But if anyone else read or saw his Sr. Bowl stuff that'd help.